TEHRAN (FNA)- One of the Kurdish movements in Afrin disclosed that the Kurds have turned down a Russian request to hand over areas under their control to the Syrian government.

Aldar Khalil, a senior member of the Kurdish movement of 'Democratic Society', said that the Kurdish fighters in Afrin have turned down Russia's proposal to deliver the regions under their control to Damascus, adding that they still insist on keeping the regions.

This is while the Turkish army has intensified air and ground attacks against the Kurds in Afrin in Aleppo province.

"Russia raised this demand but we will not deliver control of our territories to them and will defend all regions under our control," Khalil said.

The Turkish aggression started after Kurdish militants changed their earlier decision over surrendering their territories on the Western side of the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River to the Syrian government after the US offered its all-out support to the Kurds to train and equip a 30,000-strong army.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had in April handed over several villages to the Syrian Army troops in Northern Aleppo under the monitoring of the Russian forces.

The SDF gave control of the villages of Kabashin, Borj Heidar and Fafrin Southeast of the town of Afrin and the villages of Zaof al-Kabir, Borj Qas and Bashmereh in the Nubl region to the Syrian army at the time.

Also, media reports said in early March that several villages controlled by the Kurdish forces in Northeastern Aleppo were handed over to the Syrian Army troops following a Russian-brokered agreement with Damascus.

The Arabic language desk of Sputnik quoted a source in March as saying that the Manbij Military Council delivered control of six villages to the Syrian army troops.

Sputnik added that the villages were in contact line with forces of the Turkey-led Euphrates Shield Operation in Manbij.

But the Kurds stopped delivering control of their regions to the Syrian government for unknown reasons.

An informed source said in April that Pentagon has demanded Kurdish forces to hand over the town of Tal Rifat and several nearby villages to Liwa al-Mo'atasem terrorist group.

The source who requested anonymity said that Liwa al-Mo'atasem terrorist group along with some of the commanders of the Free Syrian Army have accepted to negotiate with SDF under the US mediation.

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